Male twin figure "ere ibeji" · Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun · ID: 3047990
sold
EUR 1,000
Size
H: 28 cm
H: 11.0 inch
Description
wood, redwood flour, indigo blue pigment, metal, glass beads, traces of weathering
The heavily rubbed facial features of this figure testify to its long use in the cult.
Comparing literature
Polo, Fausto, Enzyklopädie der Ibeji, 2008, ill. 543